World leaders, Nobel laureates, spiritual teachers, professional athletes, human rights advocates, Tibetans and countless others celebrated across the globe on July 6, 2022 as the Dalai Lama turned 87.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India\u2019s Prime Minister, the United States\u2019 Speaker of the House and Secretary of State and the Czech Republic\u2019s Foreign Minister were among the officials who publicly shared their well wishes for the Dalai Lama on his birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration helped lead a massive celebration for the Dalai Lama<\/a> in the Tibetan exile capital of Dharamsala, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n International Campaign for Tibet Chairman Richard Gere<\/a> spoke at the event, telling Tibetans in the crowd that, \u201cyou should be so proud, so proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOnce not in a lifetime, once in a millennium, maybe once in two millenniums, such a person, such a human being as the Dalai Lama emerges. And he\u2019s a Tibetan,\u201d Gere said to loud applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ICT asked its members to celebrate His Holiness\u2019 birthday by sharing a wish for peace<\/a>. The organization\u2019s members responded, sharing more than 5,400 wishes online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ICT also published a video<\/a> asking His Holiness\u2019 followers to remember his four commitments<\/a> on his birthday. The commitments are promoting human values, promoting religious harmony, preserving the Tibetan language and culture and reviving ancient Indian wisdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n